China has two Great Walls. Both of them were built to protect Chinese civilization and culture from the barbarians outside the Middle Kingdom. The first one is made of stone but the [...]

Way out in what is now the suburbs of Shanghai is the “Qibao Ancient Town” neighborhood. It has a colorful shopping area with a few canals and shopping areas thrown in and [...]

Suzhou is known for its wonderful gardens (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and for its canals where, like Venice, you can take a canal boat ride.

The Amateur Traveler talks to Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll of UncorneredMarket.com about their recent trip to Bangladesh. Audrey and Daniel and Scott have been on the road for 5 years and [...]

No doubt you have heard about the Terracotta Warriors of Xi’an, China created for the first emperor of China. But did you know that every one of these statues except one of [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Michael Soncina about his recent trip to Kazakhstan. After a two month internship in Kyrgyzstan Mike wanted to see the rest of Central Asia. He explored this [...]

This statue of people connected around the world sits outside a Post Office in Beijing, China. It may not be obvious that the figures are women of different nationalities.

This tourist is peering into a large bronze cauldron in the Forbidden City. Many of these cauldrons were kept filled with water in case of fire. In the winter they were even [...]

If there is a typical image of India it is the famous ‘Golden Triangle’, which includes Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Many people fly into Delhi and take a trip around this triangle [...]

This is a prayer bell from the Lama Temple in Northern Beijing. I am told that the ringing of the bells in Buddhist ceremonies is intended to send the message to evil [...]